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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Lighthouse Chapters 1 and 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does James imagine doing to his father?
(a) To go fishing for the afternoon
(b) To grab any weapon and gash a hole in his father's breast
(c) To go to town to the picture show
(d) To go to one of his philosophy classes

2. After Mrs. McNab locks the door to the house, how does the author describe it?
(a) Like an empty shell on a sandhill to fill with dry salt grains
(b) Like a relic of another age
(c) Like a prehistoric, dark cave
(d) Like an abandoned shack in the highlands

3. What is the thing Mr. Bankes and Lily Briscoe see that they are not supposed to?
(a) Mr. Ramsay reciting is poetry.
(b) The children pulling up Mrs. Ramsay's flowers
(c) A present James made for his mother.
(d) Mrs. Ramsay crying

4. What do the Ramsay's want Mrs. McNab to do?
(a) Get the summerhouse ready to be put up for sale.
(b) Get the summerhouse ready for the new owners.
(c) Get the summerhouse ready for their arrival.
(d) Not to take care of the house anymore

5. While the summerhouse is deserted, what is the weather like?
(a) Cold and dry
(b) It is stormy, windy, and rainy.
(c) Cloudy, but calm
(d) Sunny and warm

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Mrs. McNab get to help her clean up the Ramsay's house?

2. What does Lily see in Mr. Bankes' face as he watches Mrs. Ramsay?

3. Why is Lily thankful that Mr. Ramsay is reciting poetry?

4. Which of her children does Mrs. Ramsay want to stay young?

5. Why is Mrs. Ramsay concerned when the sound of the children playing and the men talking suddenly stops?

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